Thieves target pickup truck tool boxes in Roseville, Cirby Ranch area

By Toby Lewis, The Press Tribune Roseville police are warning truck owners with tool beds to be aware after a recent increase in tool thefts. Police have received four reports of thefts from pickup tool boxes in the Meadow Oaks and Cirby Ranch neighborhoods over the past week. The thief, or thieves, targeted construction company pickups or other company trucks, got into the tool boxes in the truck beds and stole tools and equipment, police said. Police said there were no signs of forced entry in each instance and suspect or suspects likely used a key or a set of keys that fit the tool boxes. The thefts occurred overnight on April 19 in the 1200 block of Chesapeake Drive and the 1100 block of Augusta Way, and again overnight on April 24 in the 1100 block of Augusta Way and the 1100 block of Meadow Oaks Drive. Police warn those with a pickup tool boxes containing valuable tools to keep the vehicle parked inside a locked garage or install heavy-duty hasp-type locks and sturdy padlocks on the boxes.